SAF Presents: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

02 Jun SAF Presents: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

What: The Sheridan Arts Foundation presents a night of  New Orleans Jazz with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

When: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 8:30 p.m. (doors at 8 p.m.)

Where: Sheridan Opera House, 110 North Oak Street, Telluride, Colo.

Ticket Info: Tickets are $35 general admission floor ($40 day of show) and $45 reserved balcony ($50 day of show) online at SheridanOperaHouse.com or by calling 970.728.6363 ext. 5

More Information: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band derives its name from Preservation Hall, the venerable music venue located in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, founded in 1961 by Allan and Sandra Jaffe. The band has traveled worldwide spreading their mission to nurture and perpetuate the art form of New Orleans Jazz. Whether performing at Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center, for British Royalty or the King of Thailand, this music embodies a joyful, timeless spirit. Under the auspices of current director, Ben Jaffe, the son of founders Allan and Sandra, Preservation Hall continues with a deep reverence and consciousness of its greatest attributes in the modern day as a venue, band, and record label.

The PHJB began touring in 1963 and for many years, there were several bands successfully touring under the name Preservation Hall. Many of the band’s charter members performed with the pioneers who invented jazz in the early 20th century including Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Bunk Johnson. Band leaders over the band’s history include the brothers Willie and Percy Humphrey, husband and wife Billie and De De Pierce, famed pianist Sweet Emma Barrett, and more recently, Wendell and John Brunious. These founding artists and dozens of others passed on the lessons of their music to a younger generation who now follow in their footsteps like the current lineup.

For a preview of the show, watch PHJB in action:

The Sheridan Arts Foundation was founded in 1991 as a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization to preserve the historic Sheridan Opera House as an arts and cultural resource for the Telluride community, to bring quality arts and cultural events to Telluride and to provide local and national youth with access and exposure to the arts through education. The Sheridan Arts Foundation is sponsored in part by grants from the Telluride Foundation, CCAASE, CCI & Just For Kids.